Rail-joint.



E. A GUILL.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE :0. 191a Patented Jan. 30,1917.

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ATTORNEY E. A. RAH. JOINT,

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RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan, 36, 191i? Application filed June 10, 1916. Serial No. 102,988.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUAL A. GUILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Conrail, in the county of New Madrid and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in rail joints and more particularly to an improved means of joining the proximate ends of two railway rails for preventing the displacement or disconnection thereof after being properly connected and secured to the railway ties.

The primary object is to provide the meetingends of the rails with a series of angularly disposed cut-out portions which are adapted to interlock when the meeting ends are joined together, the cut-out portions being so designed as to permit the rails to slide together and interlock within the restricted space which occurs when joining two rails together.

The invention also aims to provide the meeting ends of the rails with guiding means by which the rails are alined for properly joining their ends together.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of stays carried by each of the rail ends and in spaced relation to the web of the rail which are adapted to provide a space into which the wedged ends of the retaining portions of the rails are interposed for preventing lateral movement of the rails which might occur from the expansion thereof due to the various changes in temperature.

Another object of the invention is to provide the rails with a conveniently arranged lock which automatically locks the meeting ends of the rails together when the same ar properly placed in alinement.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a rail joint which consists of comparatively few parts and is simple in construction, but durable and well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which devices of this character are ordinarily subjected.

For the full description of the invention and the advantages and merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my invention, in which;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the inside 6 is a vertical transverse section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section on the line 77 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the rail end shown in Fig. 3, but looking from the outside thereof.

As shown by Fig. 5 of the drawing, the rails are shown in position in which they are disposed just prior to dropping them into interlocked engagement with each other. One of the difficulties previously encoun; tered, when joining the meeting ends of railway rails in any other manner than by the use of fish plates or the like, has been the failure of the meeting ends to be properly brought into alinement with each other for placing them into operative engagement. I, therefore, provide the meeting ends of the rails with out out portions, which are so designed as to permit movement, of the rails, when they are'lifted at their meeting ends, into engagement with each other to the position shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing so that, when the rails are dropped into their proper place, they will be in interlocked and perfectly lined engagement. For the purpose of this description, one of the rails is designated the right hand rail A and the adjacent rail is designated theleft hand rail B. As shown by Fig. 4: and Fig. 5 of the drawing the end of the rail A is provided with a diagonally extending cut end for providing the bearing surface 5. This diagonally cut end extends through the rail head 1 and the web 2 and outwardly through the flange 3 where it terminates at the beveled edge 4- of the flange. The angularly contacting surface 5, which is designed to receive a similar surface on the rail end B, acts as a means for retaining the rail ends at the proper level so that one rail will not be disposed in a higher plane than the adjacent rail. The rail end A is provided in its head with a socket 6 which extends longitudinally along the rail head for a short distance and communicates with the surface 5. A tongue 7 is provide a lockingspace '11..

also provided and is formed integrally with the outside of the web 2 of the rail and its upper edge 8 extends longitudinally in alinement with the lower or bottom side of the rail head so that the rail head of the adjacent rail B will lie upon the top edge of the web 7. This tongue also extends behind the end of the rail and the lower edge of the extended portion 9 is cut longitudinally at an angle to permit the end of the tongue to be easily inserted in its proper place when the rail ends are assembled. On the opposite side of the rail end A is a stay-bar 10 which is integrally formed with the bottom side of the rail head 1 and its opposite end is integrally connected to the iiangeil, this stayba-r being disposed adjacent the point at which the socket 6 is formed, and is spaced away from the web 2 of the rail end to The web 2 of the rail has a depression or recess 12 which forms a break in the supporting surface 5 and designed to form a part of a lock for locking the rails together; In Figs. '3 and 8 of the drawing, are shown detail views of the rail end B the varions'cut out portions of which are designed to be disposed in interlocked engagement with the various out out portions of the rail end A above described.

-This rail end is also provided with a diagonal cut to provide the contacting surface 13 which, when the .rail ends are disposed in their interlocked position, cooperates with the contacting surface 5 of the rail end A. The rail head 14, at the point at which the diagonally cut portion joins the top surface of the rail head, is provided with a tongue 15 shaped to fit the socket '6 of the rail end A. The tongue 15 and the socket 6, when in interlocked position, provide efiicient means for assuring't'he rail heads of a proper alinement, it is essential in providing a smooth rail bed for railway trains, that the sides and top of the rails be joined in perfect alinement. Depending from the inside of the diagonally cut end 13 is a locking lug 16 w'hichis designed tofi-t the recess 12 of the adjacent rail A and, when in proper position, effectively locks the rail ends together in a manner that will prevent accidental displacement or disconnection thereof. As shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing the lock is so situated as to be easily placed in' proper locked position when the rail ends are moved into engagement with each other. A tongue 17 is also provided on this rail end and is similar in construction to the tongue 7 of the rail end The inner end of the tongue 17 how-ever,1s prov1ded with an angular cut portion 18 which allows the tongueto be conveniently inserted between the retaining stay-bar 10 and the web ofthe rail 2 when it is thrust into'the space 11 provided for its 7 reception. For receiving the tongue 7 of the rail end 'A, the rail B is also provided with a stay-bar 19 which is integrally connected with the rail head ll and the base flange 20 and is spaced away from the web of the rail to provide the receiving space I claim:

1. In a rail oint, the combination of the meeting ends of two rails, each of the rail ends being provided with transverse diagonally extending cut ends through the head, web and flange, each of said rails being further provided with a tongue integrally formed with the web and projecting beyond the said transverse cut end and adapted to co-act with the web of each adjacent rail for preventing longitudinal displacement of the rail ends, and retaining means carried b each of the rails for providing a space into which each of said tongues are projected.

2. In a rail joint, the combination of the meeting ends of two rails each provided with a transverse diagonally extending cut end for providing cooperating contacting surfaces, the contacting surface of one rail being provided with a depression, and the opposite surface having a depending locking lug adapted to be received in said recess, a tongue carried by each of said rail ends, each of said rails being provided with a space for permitting the tongues to interlock with each rail end.

3. In a rail joint, the combination of the meeting ends of two rails, the head of one rail being provided with a depression, the adjacent rail end having a tongue adapted to fit within the said recess when the rail ends are in interlocked engagement, means comprising a locking lug carried by one of the rail ends for locking the ends of the rails in close proximity to each other, a stay bar carried by each of the rail ends and disposed for providing a space between each of said bars and the web of each rail, and a tongue formed on each of the rail ends and adapted to enter into said spaces; each of said rail ends also being cut at an angle to present contacting surfaces adapted to cooperate when the rail ends are joined together.

4. In a rail joint, the combination of the meeting ends of two rails, each rail having i an extension formed on its end to provide a tongue, each extension being tapered toward itsfree end, a stay bar formed integrally with the head and flange ofeach rail and disposed in spaced relation to the 1,21e,eoa

agonally cut ends for providing angularly extending surfaces adaptedto contact with each other, a tongue integrally formed with and projecting from each surface and adapted to lie in contact with the corresponding Web of the adjacent rail, each tongue having one edge cut away to permit assembling of the said rail ends.

6. In a rail joint, the combination of the meeting ends of tWo rails each having diagonally cut ends for providing angularly extending surfaces adapted to contact with each other, a tongue integrally formed with and projecting from each surface and adapted to lie in contact with the corresponding 5 Web of the adjacent rail, each tongue having one edge cut away to permit assembling of the said rail ends, and retaining elements carried by each rail for holding the said tongues in engagement with the said webs.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EMANUAL A. GUILL.

Witnesses:

H. F. CRoNAN, R. D. ELLINGTON.

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